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r,,lor, the President OF the
".,,,,uists, Ends a Life Of Exile
in Death.
Fugitive From Justice and
s.,,a, Seems to Know Just Where
d. died Nor Why He Had
Lived.
u,,,sburg and Drummond Wagon
-,sots and One Man Suffers
the Loss Of : Leg.
.h of President Taylor.

1,rr. July 26.-[Special to The
MDIobn Taylor, President OF the
t'aa Church, died at 8 O'Clock, aged rs
I'FD0D Although he died on Monday night
es', ,,h was kept d profound secret till
n.s,ret Evening News, the official
% 1.-THE Church, cnme out this after.
as''" Nth turned column rules. The
s% ~ Herald (Mormon) had no notice
'l u has been a fugitive from justice
~ .,,v in 1885. His death was in
'an prevents obtaining the facts as to
It is said his brain towards the
>. affected. The Deseret News does
The disease from which he died. nor
y, obode. For the past two years
loon around Salt Lake, but exactly
=. not known. His funeral takes
IN the Tabernacle Friday, July 29th
n o'elocknoo
THE BODY WILL LIE IN STATE
H.. huilding from seven to eleven thirty
r,;dav, when the public may view it.
'.Dsnh F, Smith, nephew OF prophet j oseph
.aS founder Of the Mormonist will prob
'u' a,..spd Taylor. but the question OF
sD' susesssiOn will not be settled for q
'ns ~. It is impossible to predict the
m . =, The Church. Taylor was only
en@i,sIv President. Geo. Q, Cannon hav'
y, hssn for a number OF years the power
4siDd The throne, directing both it's ecclesi'
'.iesl and political course John } ayior Is
s..ti,d president the Mormon Church has
', Tho deceased was born in Milnthorg
I,.morelapd County, England, November
'sOS, His parents owned a small estate
n, VILLAGE of Hale in that county. They
!. Members OF the Church of England
u no was brought up in the doctrines OF
\, ,burch until Is years old. They then
.:,.d tbe Methodists. and 500 after he
,. .onointed local preacher. He con.
t,,.a as such until he left England, about
a. wear 1928 or '29. He went to Toronto
Canada and
JOINED THE MORMON CHURCH
there in 1886. He paid several visits to
Ms temple at Kirkland, Ohio. and was
Estimated by revelation in 1886 for the
uotlesbip. By request of the so-caIled
nOubet, Joseph Smith, he remained at
Kirkland and subsequently removed to
Missouri. On December 10, 1888, at Far
West Missouri. be was elected to fill the
vacancy in the quorum OF twelve. He was
called on a mission to Englau I'D in the fall
Of 1889. reaching Liverpool January
II, 1910. He the first
man to preach Mormonism in Ireland
and the Isle OF man. His labors also ex-
tended to Scotland. He returned to
Nsuvoo July IS, 1s49. He edited the last
three volumes OF the Times and Season,
sud also editsi and published the Nauvoo
|ysghbor in Mauvoo. He vas a member OF
Ne City Council, once Regent OF the Nau.
10 University and Judge Advocate OF the
lion. He was a warm fir end Nf the
Prophet Joseph Smith, and was present in
lat the time of his
@AssYATIoN BY AN OUTRAGED PEOPLE.
attempting to leap from the window OF
ID. Jail be was slightly wounded by four
bullets when the saints were expelled from
huvoo by reason of their many criminal
Ea, Taylor proceeded with them to win
rqEarters. He was again sent on a mis-
don to England, reaching there October 3,
1886. He returned in the following spring
and went to Salt Lake City, arriving with
The first companies. He remained two
years. On March IL. 1S49, he was elected
one Of the Associate Judges under the pro-
isonal State OF Deseret, and in thefollow-
!, October, went on a mission to France.
lie arrived at Salt Lake City
again on August II, 1852. and was elected
h 1854 a member OF the Legislative Coun'
d, which Office he was compelled to resign
togo on a mission to New York. He there
published the Mormon, the first number
ipearing February II, 1855. At the DC
'dbsr Conference, 1880, three years aitel
Brigham Young's death, he was electec
President of the Mormon Church. He ii
raited with having had
EIGHT WIVES AND A HOST OF CHILDREN.
HsWas indicted in March, 1885, Tor un
awful cohabitation with four wives. ID
psacbed for the last time on February LIST
h@6, at the Tabernacle, and since then D.
Ia been q f,,p;t;v va from i,1sticp-